Sort of.
There are some people who show up to the Vanity Fair Oscar party every year, doesn’t matter if they’ve been to the main show or now. Diane Kruger. If you can get an invitation, you go. Because then everyone knows you got an invitation and there’s always work to be done. Full Story

I do.
Check out Natalie Portman’s new short film for Miss Dior. “Short film”. They keep trying to rename “commercial”. Just because an acclaimed director (be it Anton Corbijn or Martin Scorsese) shoots it and just because there’s an Oscar winner starring in it, doesn’t make it not a commercial!
As you can see, Natalie’s ready to walk down the aisle. Full Story

A trailer for Terrence Malick’s Knight Of Cups was released yesterday. It’s expected to be screened in competition at the Berlin Film Festival in February. Knight Of Cups was filmed concurrently with another Malick project – the one with Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender, and Rooney Mara about love and the Austin music scene. Full Story

The Sony hack is the gift that keeps on giving. First it was a laundry list of reasons why making Adam Sandler movies was slowly crushing people’s souls, and now it’s a series of email exchanges between Sony co-chief Amy Pascal, producer Scott Rudin, Aaron Sorkin, and some agents that’s providing a window into the breakdown of a major production deal. Full Story

That Aaron Sorkin/Steve Jobs biopic has had a busy few weeks. First Christian Bale was in — confirmed by Sorkin himself! But then Christian Bale was out. Then Michael Fassbender was in talks to play Jobs—he’s still attached to the project but nothing is official yet. Full Story

The Germany premiere of Thor: The Dark World occurred over the weekend and—gasp—a rare wild Hemsworth appeared. We’ve been poking at Chris Hemsworth for his lackluster presence in his own franchise’s promotions, and after the London premiere I didn’t expect to see him again until the US premiere in another week, but lo, there he is in Berlin. Full Story

Continuing the (newly minted) holiday celebrating all things goofy and long-legged, Hiddlemas marked its second week by having a festive parade on a carpet that happened to be red. The parade was overseen by Grand Marshall Chris Hemsworth, with a tie knot tied so tiny-ly that it made his head look like a big blonde balloon, and the reigning Nerd Princess, Natalie Portman, who wore a dress she fashioned herself from one of those car windshield sunscreen thingies. Full Story

The New York Ballet Fall Gala happened last night. A few big names showed up at the event. Let’s break them all down separately:
Natalie Portman with Benjamin Millepied
She’s in Dior, obviously, as she represents the brand. The most distinctive feature of this otherwise ordinary strapless gown is the texture. Full Story

As Sarah has pointed out several times, Chris Hemsworth has been absent on certain key Marvel occasions lately. For some reason he wasn’t at the Thor 2 presentation at Comic-Con last month. Maybe it was scheduling. Or maybe it just feels like Thor isn’t up in our faces so much because Loki is always up in our faces. Full Story

Are they talking about babies? I bet you they’re talking about babies.
We don’t see a lot of Natalie Portman. She doesn’t show up at the opening of everything. She’s not Jessica Alba. And even though she’s been living in LA for a while now, she is not often papped. Full Story

This is Natalie Portman in London shooting Thor 2. Last year, Sarah posted this article about Portman being pissed over the firing of director Patty Jenkins from the project as she had advocated for Jenkin’s involvement and wanted to see a woman direct a superhero movie for a change. Full Story

If you’ve been reading my blog the last year or so, you’ll know that I’ve been off Michael Fassbender for a while now. That messy situation with the ex-girlfriend is most of it, and then there was the time he yelled at a waiterFull Story

Ryan Gosling was already in Austin shooting Terrence Malick’s next movie, as yet untitled, and now Michael Fassbender has joined the cast at the last minute, which means the The Gos and The Fassbender are in a movie together—and yes, they have scenes togetherFull Story

Fresh photos of Michael Fassbender today in London on his bike with girlfriend Nicole Beharie. Fassbender’s been working on Ridley Scott’s The Counselor. It was reported yesterday that he may also sign on to Jane Got A Gun with Natalie Portman who is also producing.
Jane Got A Gun is a western. Full Story